Aura Salla
Finnish MEP and Digital Omnibus Regulation rapporteur; shaping the legislation that will define European digital sovereignty rules.
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Will the Digital Omnibus Regulation strengthen European sovereignty standards or trade them away in negotiation?
Timeline for Aura Salla
Sovereignty package slips to 27 May
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- The Digital Omnibus Regulation is a European Commission legislative package that consolidates and extends existing digital rules. MEP Aura Salla is the Parliament rapporteur responsible for guiding it through legislative process. It intersects with the AI Act, CADA, and the Interoperable Europe Act.Source: European Parliament / Sovereign Tech Europe programme
- Who is Aura Salla MEP?
- Aura Salla is a Finnish MEP from the European People's Party and the rapporteur for the Digital Omnibus Regulation in the European Parliament.Source: European Parliament
- Why did Aura Salla leave Meta?
- Aura Salla worked as Meta's Public Policy Director and Head of EU Affairs from 2020 to 2023, described by Politico as 'Zuckerberg's woman in Brussels'. She left to enter Finnish national politics, winning a seat in the Finnish Parliament for the National Coalition Party in April 2023, and was subsequently elected to the European Parliament in July 2024.Source: Wikipedia / Politico
- What has Aura Salla said about European tech sovereignty?
- Aura Salla has publicly advocated for full European tech sovereignty, hardening her position after appearing on the regulatory panel at the Sovereign Tech Europe summit in Brussels on 23 April 2026. As rapporteur for the Digital Omnibus Regulation, her drafting choices on interoperability and sovereignty certification will shape the legislative framework.Source: Lowdown first-party observation, Sovereign Tech Europe 23 April 2026
- Will the EU Digital Omnibus Regulation be passed before the AI Act enforcement date?
- The EU Tech Sovereignty Package, which includes legislation intersecting with the Digital Omnibus Regulation, missed consecutive deadlines and is now scheduled for Commission adoption on 27 May 2026. The AI Act's GPAI enforcement provisions activate on 2 August 2026, leaving a narrow window for the rapporteur process Salla leads.Source: Lowdown european-tech-sovereignty update 4
Background
Aura Salla is a Member of the European Parliament for Finland and serves as the rapporteur for the Digital Omnibus Regulation, the Commission's omnibus digital legislation package. As rapporteur she is the lead MEP responsible for shepherding the regulation through Parliament, negotiating with the Council and Commission, and shaping the final text. She participates in the regulatory panel at the Sovereign Tech Europe summit in Brussels on 23 April 2026, alongside Cisco's Chris Gow and Zscaler's Casper Klynge .
The Digital Omnibus Regulation is one of several EU legislative vehicles moving through the pipeline ahead of the EU AI Act's GPAI enforcement activation on 2 August 2026. The regulation intersects with the Cloud and AI Development Act, the Interoperable Europe Act, and the public procurement framework that underlies the €180m sovereign cloud contract. As rapporteur, Salla's drafting choices on interoperability obligations, data portability requirements, and sovereignty certification standards will have direct commercial consequences for European and US cloud providers alike .
Salla's presence at the conference reflects the Parliament's interest in industry and think-tank input before the regulation reaches the plenary stage. The Digital Omnibus package is a consolidating regulation that could either strengthen or dilute existing sovereignty obligations depending on how rapporteur amendments progress.